James Gleick

I think we are always right to worry about damaging consequences of new technologies even as we are empowered by them. History suggests we should not panic nor be too sanguine about cool new gizmos. There's a delicate balance.

American Author

Anthony Marra

While looking up news from the North Caucasus on Twitter, I was linked to the sanguinely titled 'Seven Wonders of Chechnya Tour' on the website of Chechnya Travel, the postwar republic's first tourism outfit, founded in 2012.

American Writer

Lauren Groff

While I know some women who are stunningly sanguine when they're pregnant, I dissolve into a total mess. What normally appears sturdy turns fragile: the economy, the climate, humanity's baseline social contract.

American Novelist

John C. Calhoun

Once established with Great Britain, it would not be difficult, with moderation and prudence, to establish permanent peace with the rest of the world, when our most sanguine hopes of prosperity may be realized.

American Statesman

Henry Bessemer

I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.

English Scientist

Mary Wortley Montagu

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

English Writer

John Morley

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.

British Statesman

Elizabeth Fraser

I had always thought of myself as a sanguine person, quite light and airy. But for a long while, no one could have possibly made me laugh or smile. It was awful.

Scottish Musician

Simon Callow

There is something essentially sanguine about me, which I am inclined to attribute to the fact that I was born by caesarean section. It must affect you.

English Actor

John Major

I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.

British Politician

Use when expressing optimism in spite of difficulties.

Positive Outlook

Most appropriate in contexts discussing future achievements or expectations.

Future Success

Don't use 'sanguine' excessively; it's more impactful in selective situations.

Avoid Overuse

Relates to complexion, suggesting health and vitality.

Physical Health

This meaning is considered outdated and rarely used in modern language.

Historic Usage

Used in art to describe a specific shade of red.

Artistic Color

Ideal for creative writing when vividly describing colors.

Poetic Descriptions

Used to signify the color of blood, often in a clinical or medical environment.

Medical Context

Can be employed to evoke strong visual imagery in descriptions.

Sanguine